Margaret Guthrie
10-Digit ISBN: 0976627477
13 Digit ISBN: 9780976627470
106 pages
Paperback
$15.00

In The Return, Margaret Guthrie's sequel to her 2006 novel, Silent Truth, two orphaned sisters return thirty years after their parents deaths to find out what really happened. The perpetrator is dead, but will those who were with him talk? Lydia, a yoga teacher, and Margie, a new divorcee, are sometimes at odds. Lydia feels her mother's spirit asking "why". Margie abhors such notions. But as they get involved in the community surprising things happen.

About the Author

Margaret Guthrie grew up on a farm in Iowa, in a Society of Friends (Quaker) community. She received a B.A. in literature from Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. She was a psychiatric social worker at Toledo Mental Health Center for several years before it closed. She and her husband live in Estes Park, CO. She is a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, the Columbine Poets of CO, and the Trail Ridge Writers of Estes Park. Her first novel was Silent Truth, 2003. She also is the author of Moving On: Poems of Life and Love, 1998 ; Beyond the Known Things, (Poems) 1999; and In Company with Nature: Poems of the Estes Valley, 2006.

What the Reviewers are Saying

Truth softens with time and embitters those burdened with the knowledge of the terrible night described in Silent Truth. This sequel is an interesting look at children growing up without parents, and parents whose children look at them differently because of great loss and guilt in their Quaker community. The protagonists find little peace when they are haunted by a different kind of spirituality that leads to a dramatic conclusion.

Reviewed by Marty Yochum Casey, M. F. A., Publisher

Margaret Guthrie's poignant sequel describes the pain of families hiding the actual truth about their youthful experiences from their own children. The story illustrates how traumatic events can ruin relationships. Forgiveness and a traumatic event can ruin relationships. Forgiveness and a 'spiritual' truth touches every memeber of the community.

Reviewed by Minette, Riordan, Ph. D., President of Scissortail Publishing